Thanksgiving Who?

It’s the day after Thanksgiving! That means it’s officially Christmas time! Is anybody doing the crazy shopping thing today? I’m staying away from all the insanity, thankyouverymuch.

OK, let’s talk Thanksgiving food first to get that out of the way. It was just the two of us for dinner (don’t feel bad, that’s how we like it), so I didn’t have to cook a massive amount of food. Here’s all our food on the stove top, patiently waiting to be eaten. Mr. Wing-it was not-so-patiently waiting to eat while I took the pictures.

Here’s a close-up of the little meatless meatloaves, I was so proud of them!

For dessert we had, Mini Pumpkin Pies with buttercream frosting. The filling is a pumpkin and coconut milk pudding. I can work on the recipe if anybody is interested, but this one was a big wing-it job. By the way, that fork isn’t dirty, it’s just the reflection of the crust! :)

Enough with Thanksgiving! I’m ready for Christmas and Christmas themed food, like these little Lamington(ish) Christmas Gifts. They are chocolate cake squares dipped in coconut milk and rolled in shredded coconut (coconut milk holds the coconut in place). Yes, I do like coconut a lot.

The ribbons are thin strips of a Panda Raspberry Bar. I assumed the whole bar was going to be red, but it’s only red on the outside and brown on the inside. Boo! Next time I will make them with strawberry fruit leather cut into strips instead.

Anyway, I hope everyone who celebrated Thanksgiving had a lovely Holiday. I’m off to read about all your festive dinners!

Comments

Gaby, thank you for your commend and sorry for the delay! I’m sorry the fruit leather didn’t work out, I used those raspberry bars and they were OK, but I thought the fruit leather would be even better. Did you find something that worked for you?

I love the coconut “gifts”! they’re so cute, I’ve made them to give as christmas gifts this year. I used the ppk chocolate cake recipe too and added almond extract and OMG it’s amazing, I can’t stop eating it and might not have any left to give away haha. The only thing left to do now is put the ribbons on, however, I tried using fruit leather and it falls apart on me or doesn’t stay so I’m going to have to find something else. Any suggestions?

Oh MY GOD!!!!!!!!! Girl your such a WONDERFUL COOK/BAKER etc.!!!!! Your goodies always look so PERFECTLY PREPARED!!!!! So creative,so cute so PRETTY!!!!!!!!!! Just like little ART CREATIONS!!!!! =DDDDDD When I look at those I want to eat THEM STRAIGHT FROM THE MONITOR hah!!! =D

Ahhh! Those coconut giffie boxes are to die for! I could just squeal, they are so cute. The mini pies are adorable too!

Your T-giving eats look delish. Your food is just so gosh darn cute. I want one of those mini meatloaves, now! Yay for mashed tater rebellion! Truth be told, I could happily go without mashed potatoes for the rest of my life. This girl is content with yams, sweet potatoes, or winter squash instead!

I Love your Thanksgiving feast. Potatoes with melted rice cheese sound really good. I think Brandie would love you recipe for the mini pumpkin pies. What recipe did you use for your meatloaves? They look so, so, good!

MY GAWDS!!!I am speechless River!That is one helluva feast girl!It all looks so wonderful!I too would like the recipe for the little meatloaves – they look so darn tasty and the Lamingtons just blew me away.

River, everything looks amazing, especially the mini-meatloaves! So nice that you had a quiet meal together. We are visiting family, and I dragged everyone out, not to the mall, but to Earth Fare, which is like Whole Foods. Yay for vegan food in a very small town!

Shelby, I will work on the pie recipe. Darn, I will have to eat them again!

Katie, I really hate feeling sick and stuffed, because that just keeps me from getting hungry later. I’ll let you know if I have any breakthroughs!

Becks, I’ll work on a recipe for the meatloaves. Christmas shopping officially started today, and people are already putting out their Christmas decorations! I will do mainly Christmas themed foods during December, hopefully I will get to post at least twice a week!

Joanie, you are so welcome! I loved your audition! Down with butter and bacon!

river, i love all of your pictures!! your dinner looks great! i love those little pumpkin desserts. that would probably help with portion control, but i don’t “do” portion control haha especially on thanksgiving!

the cake squares are just precious. i can’t believe you’ve already started christmas baking- crazy girl!

and like you, i stayed away from the mall today. the only way i would go up there is if they were giving away kitchenaid stand mixers, but that would mean i’m in heaven haha

Thank you for your support! Here’s to hoping Food Network realizes how much vegans need a show, and how interested omnivores are in what it is we do. There is a whole world of veggie-ness that needs a platform! Too, they need someone to offset all of Paula Deen’s butter and bacon. :) Happy Holidays!